On February 4th, UCF’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) hosted the first installment of its speaker series, “A Look at Intelligence Agencies,” and approximately 130 students were in attendance. Four members of the intelligence community were invited to speak about their experiences. The four agencies represented were the Defense Intelligence Agency, the […]

On March 26th UCF’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence hosted the second installment of its Speaker Series, this one entitled:  “Topics in Cyber Security and the Internet.” The event featured four speakers who represented different aspects of the effects of cyber security and the internet on the public and private sectors. The speakers were: […]

Join us as Dr. Clayton Thyne presents his research on How Domestic Protests Influence Coups d’état. The paper considers how domestic protests influence coups. Protests signal regime illegitimacy, which incentivizes coups and provides a favorable post-coup climate for reforms. Protests also ease coordination obstacles among coup plotters, and make international actors less likely to punish coup […]

Join us on Thursday November 5th for our Speaker Series: Life and Careers in the Intelligence Community. A panel of practitioners from at least five different intelligence agencies will be represented and will introduce the intelligence community to students by talking about their lives and careers in the field. The speakers will talk about their […]

On Thursday, August 25th, we will be starting Fall 2016 with an event from Dr. Kelly Greenhill of Tufts and Harvard University.  She's finishing up a book on the surprising role that "extra-factual information" (EFI) can have on individuals and groups when they are attempting to validate and assess threats—and how that fear can lead […]